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Hi i been intressted in physics, along with math, computer science mostly ai, and electrical engineering for circuits and robotics.
thing is time is limited as we all know, and i wonder how to study most time efficient.
Right now i am reading through an electromagnetic physics book and i am after 2 weeks halfway through chapter 2, basically just learned how to calculate e fields from electric potentials. Thing is there are many many concepts and each one will take time, and i still don't know what i going to use this for. So i wonder if anyone would recommend another way to study.
Basically a few years ago i spent half a year going through 5 chapter of rudin and the payoff have not been that great.
My idea is this, take up the textbook and start flipping through it, read the summaries and big ideas, do not get bogged down in derivations, just read quickly through the chapter to learn what it contains. Then if a concept is intressting or i have a need for it, i will study it deeply, and try to reverse engineer what prerequsite topics are needed and study them deeply, so i can understand.
What i am purposing is a recursive way of study, so that i can spend time always learing something i actually use.
Is this recomended, or will i end up learning nothing cause of lack of fondation?
Thing is i studied so much on and off, and in math i did not get past real analysis or abstract algebra and physics i only can say i understand classical mechanics in lower division well. So i am now 30 wasting another 10 years with unstructured study will not do.
Thanks for all the advice.
Summary: I am looking for ways to study physics non linearly learning what i actually need and fill in the blanks as i need them.
Also how should i approach exercises, should i try them before reading the chapter, if i had 200 exercises how to pick ones i should focus on?
thing is time is limited as we all know, and i wonder how to study most time efficient.
Right now i am reading through an electromagnetic physics book and i am after 2 weeks halfway through chapter 2, basically just learned how to calculate e fields from electric potentials. Thing is there are many many concepts and each one will take time, and i still don't know what i going to use this for. So i wonder if anyone would recommend another way to study.
Basically a few years ago i spent half a year going through 5 chapter of rudin and the payoff have not been that great.
My idea is this, take up the textbook and start flipping through it, read the summaries and big ideas, do not get bogged down in derivations, just read quickly through the chapter to learn what it contains. Then if a concept is intressting or i have a need for it, i will study it deeply, and try to reverse engineer what prerequsite topics are needed and study them deeply, so i can understand.
What i am purposing is a recursive way of study, so that i can spend time always learing something i actually use.
Is this recomended, or will i end up learning nothing cause of lack of fondation?
Thing is i studied so much on and off, and in math i did not get past real analysis or abstract algebra and physics i only can say i understand classical mechanics in lower division well. So i am now 30 wasting another 10 years with unstructured study will not do.
Thanks for all the advice.
Summary: I am looking for ways to study physics non linearly learning what i actually need and fill in the blanks as i need them.
Also how should i approach exercises, should i try them before reading the chapter, if i had 200 exercises how to pick ones i should focus on?